LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 922, 25 February 1882, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wesley an Church Services. —The list of services to be held in the various Wesleyan Churches in. the circuit, will be found in another column. The Wellington-Manawatu Railway-. —The contract between the Government and the Railway Company lias now been finally approved by all parties and forwarded to Christchurch fpr the Governor's signature. Pedestbianism. The great Australian pedestrians, O'Connor, O'Brien, and Freeman,, will give an exhibition of their walking and running capabilities under the auspices of the Timaru Athletic Club on next Monday*. The Sports will be held in Green's paddock. The Obaei Hotel, —The above hotel has,. we understand, changed] hands. In anothercolumn appears a notice- that Mr Hugh. Brosnaha.n will apply at the- next meetin g of the Licensing Committee for a.transfer of the license from, himself to Mr Thomas Wadsworth. Retrenchment. —At a- meeting of" the County Council, at Oamaru, last Wednesday* it was resolved' that no. Chairman's honora--rium be granted this year-. Other reductions were made-and the services of' the Inspector of Works are to be dispensed with.. The mem. bers of the Council, however,.receive as usual £1 Is for each attendance, and 6d per mile, 1e33 ten per cent, for travelling expenses.

The Coming Elections.; —All sorts of rumors are flying about as to the probable candidates for Stanmore quite independent of; the uncertainty as to when the new election will be held. One man, Hurst, of Kaiapoi, has already advertised himself, and the Hon.. R. Richardson, according to one of the evening papers, has definitely stated his intention of coming forward. A requisition is being signed asking Mr -\. Saundei-s.to offer himself and amongst the rumored candidates are. Flesher (third on. the list at the election), Ballance, Andrews, Wakefield, and Sir W.. Pox. Mr Wason; will npt again stand for Wakanui if Mr Saunders will stand. There seems to be a disposition in the district to try and get the Hon E. Richardson to come forward.

Fires • Ry a fire last Wednesday afternoon at Caversham,four cottages were burned.. Water could not be got and the main sewer was broksn open to obtain a small supply. The origin was accidental. The insurances are as follows: Standard, £150: on Urquhart's buildings ; Union,. £6O; on Urquhart's buildings ; Union, £6o' on Urquhart's. furniture and- £1,50; on Mrs Jamieson's house; Yictoria,.£loo on Wilson's house ; National; £2OO on Kjrby's house, and £2oo< on- his furniture. —In Gisborne last Thursday Mrs A. M. Craunss' fancy store, between the Herald office and Pace's Masonic Hotel, caught fire a little after ten o'clock. Flames were seen bursting out from, the inside, and at one time it appeared as if the whole block of buildings from Page's corner was doomed.. By almost superhuman efforts, after three-quarters of. ap hours hard work ; the flames, were subdued and the fire extinguished. The cause of the fire is not known.

The New Loan.—A Wellington correspondent gives currency to a rumor whi,:h is afloat that a new loan of £5,000,000 is to: bo obtained from the English , market if Parliament can be got to. approve of it. Sale of the Latb Dr. Ctxmming's Property.—Messrs Wildie, Allan and Stumble* held an auction sale of household furnitureond effects of the late Dr Cumming.last Wednesday, and as it reas not concluded on that day continued it again yesterday. The re was a very large attendance, the bidding was very spirited, and the prices realised far ex.. ceeded anticipation.

The School Committee. —We wish to» correct a statement made in our report of the School Committee. Mr Maokay is reported to have said that if it was Mr Bolton's intention to report his own views only* the sooner he resigned the better. What Mr Mackay really said was,, that if' Mr Bolton intended to give only his, own views,, the sooner heresigned his reportership and devoted his energies to the ScLool Committee the better..

England and the Vatican. —Before the motion for the- adoption of the addre»3 in reply to the Queen's speech was finally dispofedofin the House of Commons, an angry debate took place on the relations be--tween the English (3-ovemmsnt and the, Vatican. The Government asserted there, was no truth in the statement that Mr Q-aorgCr Errington, member for Longford, has been sent on a mission to- Rome for the purpose of establishing more direct relations with the Vatican, as currently reported ; the Opposition, on the other hand, alleged that suchi was the object of' Mr Errington's mission* and, mpreover, that his expenses were, paidi out of the secret service fund;. Miljoed School. —At a.meetingofhouse--holders off the Mijf ord school district, held on*, the-20th inst, the follpwing were- elected. to, serve as a, Committee for the current year. v—Messrs Cox (Chairman), Brogden,. WhiteWoodhead,. Clyne,. Cain,, and Maze.. The? Committee, at the-conclusion- of' the general; meeting,, met and elected' Mr Cox as- Chair"man, Correspondence from the Board;, restive to. the vacancies on.the Education Board was read and considered; Of' the- candidates. . submitted, Dr Foster of Geraldine, and DrHayes,. of Tsmuka, were unanimously, recommended- The. Committee resolved to, hold then- monthly meetings, on the.vfirs^.J Monday in t-hemonth. *.

The : Ly.ttklt.on. Elect ion Petition;— Judgment has : been, given in the- above, election After having referred to. the- law. points, raised;, the. Court, con., sidered that the petitioner had not- sue-- ••* ceeded in proving thepoints.containediin. his? petition; and that the respondent was.entitled' to the judgment. The laws were-made-by. the people of New. Zealand; and thereforemust be carried out in,their integrity.. The judgment of the Court was. that, th&respondent, Mr Harry Allwrjght, was duly elected to.the seat;for Lyttelton. Mr Holmes rose to ask the. Court as to the- question, of/ costs. Costs would go with, the- judg--. inent..

Licensing Committee Election';— The* polling of five members to form,a Licensing; Committee toot place yesterday. The place"-" appointed was the Courthouse,' and Mi* Pi W:. Stubbs, Deputy Returning Officer, presided atthe election. There was not much interest manifested in the election further than tha* some posters were widely distributed,. ancU advertisements inserted 1 calling upon: rate--payers to vote for certain candidates.. Only 75 ratepayers votpd, being a small; number - as compared:with the- number- on, the- roll.. The-following is the result :—John Paterson,. 62; Samuel Di Barker, 60 5: John, 56;- A. E. Cox, 55 ;W: A. Murray, 51; HW.. Campbell, 32 ; J. S. Hayes, 31; JobBrown, 16; G. H. Thomson, 12. The first five were therefore elected. Besides thevotes above recorded there were five informal votes, which makes the number who recerded ther votes altogether about 80* A vote of : thanks to the Returning Officer, proposed by Mr Ollivier and seconded by Mr ; Coira was. carried unanimously.

The Revenue; —A Wellington- telegram.says : —lt is rumored in well-informed circles that the balance will show an indisputable surplus of fully £IOO,OOO, as all branches o*' the revenue are working up. surprisingly. There has been a remarkable spurt in therailway receipts. It was thought that the | splendid return (£77,000) for the four weekei ended 7th ult., was mainly due to exceptional traffic during the holidays, but I hear that subsequent returns are even more favorable proportionately. It is now thought by those ! best qualified to form an opinion that while the gross receipts for the year will exceed £890,000, if indeed they do not rdach £900,000, a 8 three months ago nobodyanticipated that more than £875,000 would be totalled. There is a great improvement under the head of working expenses.. So far as can, be calculated at present,, the year's net profit will be quite £400,000. 1.0.0. F a meeting of the LoyalAlexandrovna Lodge last Wednesday evening, a. deputation from, the Geraldine Lodge was received, which asked the members of the local Lodge for their assistance in carrying out; sports which they intended to hold on Easter - Monday in Geraldine. A Committee consisting of Bros. E. Smith, K.G. ; Uprichard, Secretary; Blyth, Gray, Ollivier and Dr Campbell were appointed to give every assistance in their power to the Geraldine Lodge to carry out their sports. The Noble Grand of Geraldine thanked the brethren sincerely for the manner in which they were received, and the promises of assistance which had been given to them. It was decided to hold a summoned meeting on next Lodgenight for the purpose of selecting a delegate to represent the Lodge at the Grand Lodge meeting which is to be held on the 22nd; March, in Punedin, The meeting then adjourned.

A notification appears elsewhere fchafJ|| Augustus Moore, of Geraldine, has filed a.,"" statement that he is unable to meet his eb.?gagements with his creditors.